acosmist - One who believes that nothing exists
paralian - A person who lives near the sea
aureate - Pertaining to the fancy or flowery words used by poets
dwale - To wander about deliriously
sabaism - The worship of stars
dysphoria - An unwell feeling
aubade - A love song which is sung at dawn
eumoirous - Happiness due to being honest and wholesome
mimp - To speak in a prissy manner, usually with pursed lips
8 months ago · 100,315 notes · Source · Reblogged from gah46
This is something I have been focusing on for the past couple of months so I decided to make it presentable. I need stuff like this around me so I don’t lose my nerve. I have noticed a lot of people have this in their brains like, automatically but I however do NOT. Maybe you are a little like me and will find it helpful.
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by Nora Raleigh Baskin
I didn’t start out writing for children. Like many of my fellow young adult/middle-grade authors, I spent quite a few years (five) writing adult fiction before getting published. Then a well-intentioned woman in a writing course made the unwelcome suggestion that I…
9 months ago · 221 notes · Reblogged from writeworld
Commonly Misspelled Words → Pretty self-explanatory. It’s just a collection of words that are frequently misspelled.
The Difference Between Affect and Effect → We all pretend to know the difference, but do any of us really understand it?
Paper Rater → Submit your paras/bios here for…
9 months ago · 262 notes · Source · Reblogged from theenumeration
- Have humility. Older/more experienced/more convincing writers may offer rules and varieties of advice. Consider what they say. However, don’t automatically give them charge of your brain, or anything else – they might be bitter, twisted, burned-out, manipulative, or just not very like you.
- Have more humility. Remember you don’t know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if you keep pushing beyond yourself, you will enrich your own life – and maybe even please a few strangers.
- Defend others. You can, of course, steal stories and attributes from family and friends, fill in filecards after lovemaking and so forth. It might be better to celebrate those you love – and love itself – by writing in such a way that everyone keeps their privacy and dignity intact.
- Defend your work. Organisations, institutions and individuals will often think they know best about your work – especially if they are paying you. When you genuinely believe their decisions would damage your work – walk away. Run away. The money doesn’t matter that much.
- Defend yourself. Find out what keeps you happy, motivated and creative.
- Write. No amount of self-inflicted misery, altered states, black pullovers or being publicly obnoxious will ever add up to your being a writer. Writers write. On you go.
- Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and irritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won’t need to take notes.
- Be without fear. This is impossible, but let the small fears drive your rewriting and set aside the large ones until they behave – then use them, maybe even write them. Too much fear and all you’ll get is silence.
- Remember you love writing. It wouldn’t be worth it if you didn’t. If the love fades, do what you need to and get it back.
- Remember writing doesn’t love you. It doesn’t care. Nevertheless, it can behave with remarkable generosity. Speak well of it, encourage others, pass it on.
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- Expecting parents
- Writers
10 months ago · 87,880 notes · Source · Reblogged from alicia-excelsior
This seems like a glorious idea. How would you go about it?
Good question. My idea is to maybe start a group on Wiggio (a site where something like this would be great).
Does anybody have any other suggestions?
10 months ago · 0 notes
Writing a novel? There’s first-draft flow, and there’s editing flow. And then there comes a time when you think you might be done, yet the manuscript is still not quite “there.” To sell your work to an agent, and then to a publisher, and finally to a great many readers, put thoughts of flow aside now, and consider the following advice. Each of the guides mentioned is worthy of your careful attention.
The Shortlist:
- Don’t describe your characters in generic terms.
- Don’t construct a majority of your sentences the same way.
- Don’t be clumsy in your use of foreshadowing and anticipation.
- Avoid flabby phrases.
- Don’t write scenes in which “it’s all good.”
For full explanations of each tip on the shortlist, click the link above.
10 months ago · 415 notes · Reblogged from writeworld
Any specific type of writing?
Nope. This would be free-reign. We can set aside specific groups for each genre once we get enough people. However until then it would just be a place for us to get together and share each other’s work for critiquing.
10 months ago · 0 notes
What are you holding on to right now that you just want to let go?
What is tugging at your heart and your brain everywhere you go with everything you do?
Write about it. Express any feelings you have towards this feeling.
If it helps, write it on paper if you’re angry. This way you’ll write harder and physically get your emotions out as well as mentally. You might want to use a strong pencil.
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